Notes

Clyde was working in Indianapolis, In. because of a transfer and commuting home to Dayton, Oh. each weekend. He fell asleep at the wheel and struck the rear end of a wrecker that had just pulled a semi out of a ditch. It was travelling about 35 MPH, he was travelling at 70 MPH, but was seen slumped over the steering wheel as someone passed him just before he crashed. He died an hour later at the Straughn, In. hospital.
One of the last thing he did was purchase an "Indy 500" tee shirt for his only grandson, Dan Perkins. It was on the seat beside him when he was found.

Mildred and Clyde are third cousins thought they said they didn't know it when they married. They had a rather rough beginning. They divorced when Jean was only a baby and were separated for almost a year. They remarried in 1939 and always used their first anniversary date because of Jean's birthday.

I do not know if this is same person appearing in Somerset newspaper 10/29/1936: Life prison sentences given Earl Whitis and Mrs. Cora Colyer in Laurel Circuit Court for robbery by use of the display of firearms were affirmed today by the Court of Appeals.
Whitis and Mrs. Colyer, both former residents of Pulaski County, were tried at the February term of court for the armed robbery of Feltner?s Liquor Store in Laurel County several months before and a hung jury resulted.

The Somerset Journal-The Oldest Democratic Newspaper in the Mountains of Kentucky

Feese & Williams
Somerset, Ky., Friday September 24, 1920.

Pulaski County Court. Regular August Term, August 16, 1920. The court upon his own motion orders that the following is the re-apportionment, names, numbers, boundaries and locations of voting places of the voting precincts in
Pulaski County....

Rush Branch Precinct No. 14. Beginning at the city limits thence a straight line to Somerset and Sublimity Roads where the London Road interests same, thence to Bracher Gragg's (not included), thence to Everett Murphy's (not
included), thence to John Kenney's and Cy Collier place (not included), thence to H.G. Bray's (not included) thence to Enoch Brinston near old Collier mine (not included), thence a straight line to Haynes Knob, thence with old line to Pumpkin Hollow church, thence with line of Parker Precinct back to beginning, and containing all that territory of what was formerly in Rush Branch Precinct No. 11, except that portion cut off to Parker and
Simpson Precincts. Voting house near Alcalda.

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The Courier-Journal (Louisville KY) 3/2/1889
Capt. S.M. Boone' Venture.
Somerset, KY., March 1 (special)--The intitial number of the Pulaski County Enterprise, a thoroughly Democratic paper, appeared this morning. It presents a very neat appearance, and its matter is bright and spicy. Capt. S.M. Boone and C.E. Colyer, its editors, are both popular and staunch Democrats, and it is expected that they will do good work toward united the badly demoralized Democracy of Pulaski. Capt. Boone has made a number of ventures in journalism, and has always retired with additional laurels. Cy. E. Colyer is a rising young lawyer, with plenty of ability and an endless number of relatives and friends.

The Public Ledger (Maysville , KY) Friday 10/21/1904:
WITHOUT OPPOSITION
Mrs Kate Zoller Will be County Superintendent of Schools:
Prof. C.E. Colyer, County Superintendent of Common Schools of Robertson, and candidate for renomination, has withdrawn from the contest and announced as a candidate for County Attorney, leaving a clear field to Mrs. Kate Zoller, wife of Editor Zoller of The Tribune-Democrat, who will be nominated without opposition a the forthcoming Democratic primary election in November.
Mrs. Zoller formerly held the office, and was one the best Superintendents the county ever had.

David left Kentucky in 1905 in a covered wagon with wife and 3 children, moved to Indiana for 2 years. Then to Illinois for 1 year. Moved to Tillman Co., Ok. in 1908. Lived near Mattoon, Ill. farming until moving to Ok. Lived in Davidson, Ok.

Washington Cty TN deeds BOOK 18 PG 179 (notes of Plano TX researcher given to Janis Ragar) show 12/8/1827 transfer of land held by Alexander Colyer land that was adjacent to that of John Calvert and wife Dorcas.

Debbie Meece Sears 03/03/2015: I just talked to Peanut's daughter. There was 3 other girls.Edith who lived in Cinn. and later moved to Florida, Ardie who always lived in Cinn. and Addie who also lived in Cinn. She said her uncle "cracker Jack" learned to be a chef while in the Navy and was the chef at the Shriners restaurant in Cinn.

Dot Curtis recalled that Edith was the most beautiful woman she had ever known. She recalled seeing Edith leave the house on South Central and what beautiful legs she had and how gracefully she carried herself. At the same time, she recalled that Edith was so un-pretentious in spite of her beauty, that made all the more appealing.

Max Lay, an nephew by marriage to Edith's sister's daughter, Edith Bradley Chestnut, recalled that his view was that the two most beautiful women to ever come from Somerset were Edith Colyer Curtis and Edith Bradley Chestnut.

Edith was raised in a College St. Somerset KY home that was close to the high school. Later, she lived with her family on Monticello St, Somerset in a house located at Hope way and Monticello St. Upon graduation from high school, she attended Centre College in Danville KY for one semester. She returned to Somerset and married Jack Curtis 8/27/1938.

After marrying Jack Curtis, they shortly moved to Murfreesboro Tn with Jack's new job with Massengil. When Jack was drafted during WWII, Edith took over his sales territory with Massengil out of Murfreesboro. After the war, Jack was offered a job in Lexington KY and they moved there. In 1956 Jack was promoted with Abbott Laboratories and moved to Louisville.

Jack and Edith were lifelong members and regularly attendees of the Methodist Church.

Edith devoted her life to raising her two boys, while Jack was a traveling salesman.

In the mid 1960's she developed an interest in art and started painting. In 1969, Edith learned that she had leukemia. She kept it a secret from all but her husband. By 1970 Edith had renewed and developed a deep sense of Christian faith and became very active in church activities characteristic of great spiritual revival sweeping the country during this time.

In her last few months of battling Leukemia, she let it be known about her disease to her children and close friends.

2. James Eastham, born Abt. 1818 in Va; died Aft. 1879 in Pulaski Co ky. He was the son of 4. John Foster Eastham, Sr and 5. Mary Polly Denham. He married 3. Elizabeth Colyer October 02, 1829 in Pulaski Co. Kentucky.
3. Elizabeth Colyer, born November 15, 1812 in Pulaski County, Kentucky; died March 1898 in probably Pulaski County, Kentucky. She was the daughter of 6. John Westly Colyer and 7. Lydia Memes Purvis.

More About James Eastham:
Burial: Somerset City Cem
Occupation: 1870, Lawyer

More About Elizabeth Colyer:
Date born 2: November 15, 1822, Ky
Died 2: March 1898, Pulaski Co ky
Burial: Somerset City Cem

Children of James Eastham and Elizabeth Colyer are:
1 i. Mary Ann Eastham, born September 18, 1824 in Pulaski Co Ky; died February 28, 1897 in Pulaski Co Ky; married John B Jahue Burton 1842 in Ky.
ii. Robert Leo Eastham, born Abt. 1842 in Pulaski Co .Kentucky; died 1954 in Pulaski Co .Kentucky; married Arizona A. Botkins January 26, 1893 in Pulaski Co Ky; born 1866; died Aft. 1893.

According to handwritten letter from Louisa Jane Colyer, mother to Ellen, in 1913 to examiner of her confederate pension State of Kentucky on site, Ellen lived at 2122 North Houston Street, Ft. Worth TX

Ellen went to Lawrenceburg College near Corbin, Ky. and taught school for several years before she was married and she boarded with the grandparents of John Sherman Cooper, who was later the U.S. Senator from Kentucky. She taught grades 1-5 for ayear after the was married. She taught in the school district where C. W. Sears lived. Bert and Ellen had three children, Ollie B., Raymond and Naomi Elizabeth.
Ellen and her husband and their daughter Ollie moved to Texas and worked in the store for Sam Colyer in Ft. Worth. After a year or two Bert Sears bought a half interest in the store. In 1915 Sam Colyer's mother Louisa Jane Colyer wanted him to return to Ky.
Ellen was very active in her church. She was in the choir and made the communion breat that was used in services for many years.
She was an excellent cook and made homemade bread, biscuits, fruitcakes, pies and preserved or canned many things such as chow-chow, relish, pickled peaches, and jellies. Her home was warm and friendly and a gathering place for their children, grandchildren and friends. They were good parents, neighbors and friends to have. Both Ellen and Bert are buried at Garden of Memories Cemetery, Ft. Worth, Tx.

Eugene Colyer
Eugene Colyer, 77, of Somerset, Ky., passed away Sunday, June 7, 2015.
He was born in the Alcalde community of Som- erset, Ky., on March 22, 1938, son
of the late Neal and Rosie Mounce Colyer. He previously lived in Dayton, Ohio and was a construction worker. He took much pride in doing a job the right way. He was a member of Langdon Street Baptist Church. He came to know Christ and loved gospel music, his friends andfamily.
He is survived by two sons, David Neil Colyer (and Debo- rah) and Alvin Ray Colyer; one
sister, Lois Erisman (and Mike); three brothers, Harold Colyer (and Joanne), Lyman Colyer, all of Somerset, and Richard Colyer of Dayton, Ohio; eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two sons, Dawayne Colyer and Calvin Colyer; three brothers, James, William and Clyde Colyer; and five sisters, Nora Ping, Hazel McCreary, Roberta Waddle, Imogene Denniston and Zada Colyer.
A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Thurs- day, June 11, 2015 at Morris & Hislope Funeral Home with Bro. Raymond Ridner and Bro. James Floyd officiating.
Burial will be in Clay Hill Cemetery.

When Evelyn and Charlie married, she was sixteen and he was twenty-three. They met at church in Covington. They got married in Evelyn's home on Elm Street in Ludlow. He was a fireman on the Southern Railroad and later became an engineer. On his days off he and Evelyn usually went fishing. Evelyn was a good cook and they ate the fish they caught. He also hunted rabbits, etc.

Born in Tateville, Ky., she was the daughter of Sam and Delia (Lewis)
Colyer. She married Charles C. Jones on June 29, 1926, and he preceded her
in death.

She was retired from Indiana University, Bloomington, and was a member of
the Pentecostal Mission of Springville.

Surviving are three sons: Ralph Jones of Tennessee, Doyle Jones of
Springville and Charles Hollis Jones of Los Angeles, Calif.; four
daughters: Bonnie Ramsey of Springville, June Chavis of Harrodsburg, Janet
Tyree of Bloomfield and Diane Cooper of Mitchell; two sisters: Eva Sasser
of Bedford and Edith Strunk of Kentucky; 16 grandchildren, 32
great-grandchildren, 12 great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and
nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter, Maxine Jones; two
sons: Clifford and Darrell Jones; five brothers, three sisters and three
grandchildren.

Services will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Day & Carter Mortuary, Bedford, with
the Rev. Wendell Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in Hilltop
Cemetery, Avoca.

hese are the burials added to the Colyer Family Cemetery in Bronston by D&L. The above are their postings except Colyer, George Glenn. The Pulaski County Cemetery Records, Volume 1. published by the Pulaski Co. Historical Society gives the location as: "N Hwy 27 - 70". Hwy 70 crosses Hwy 27 at Eubank, KY. Going east on Hwy 70 from Eubank you come to the Brown-Colyer Road on the left before reaching Hwy 39. I believe the Colyer Family Cemetery is or has been near the Brown-Colyer Road. I plan to search for the cemetery in this area in the near future and will post further information if I confirm the cemetery is not in the Bronston community.

E.B. Colyer is considered to be Elizabeth Barron that married William H. Colyer on 27 April 1853 at the residence of Evan E. Barron. Evan was the father of Elizabeth. Her mother was Jemima Hicks. Evan and Jemima married in Pulaski Co. KY 16 June 1834. Consent was by her father Barley Hicks.

Consent for the marriage of Elizabeth and William H. was by Humphrey Colyer and witnesses were James Barron and Elizabeth Colyer. Humphrey and Marcy Colyer were the parents of William H. Colyer

William H. and Elizabeth Barron Colyer are the parents of Jemima Frances Colyer Mercer.

Little Butch, 65, died at his residence. He was born son of the late Clara Colyer and Grace Gleason Colyer. He was an avid farmer and served as a Pulaski County Health Inspector for 14 years. He is survived by his wife; Norma New Colyer, whom he married on September 21st, 1963: two sons; Glenn Irvin Colyer, Bronston, Kentucky and Curtis (and Sherry) Colyer, Somerset, Kentucky: one daughter; Marsha Colyer, Bronston, Kentucky: three brothers; David Colyer, Monticello, Kentucky, Jerome Coyler, Bronston, Kentucky and Harold Colyer, Monticello, Kentucky: two sisters; Brenda Murphy, Somerset, Kentucky and Nelda Murphy, Monticello, Kentucky: 5 grandchildren; Josh Colyer, Jeremy Colyer, Reno Phillips-Colyer, Scotty (Nicole) Hogan and Lisa Lewis: several nieces and nephews: special friend; Wayne Redmon, Bronston, Kentucky. He was preceded in death by his parents: one son; Billy Wayne Colyer: 2 brothers; Boyd and Bill Colyer.

"George T. Colyar’s Company E. of the Third Regiment,Tennessec Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. B. F. Cheathrun. This company, consisting of 115 men, rank and file, left Winchester in September, 1847. and was mustered into the United States service near Nashville ahout October 10, 1847, and left
for Mexico in the same month. Capt. Colyar died January 8, 1848, in the city of Mexico.
His remains were sent to his’home in Winchester."

His brother Arthur St. Clair was sent to obtain his remains from south.

George Thompson Colyar was given power of attorney by his father, Alexander Colyar, in 1839 in Somerset , Pulaski county Kentucky (see actual document in pdf section of website) to get any inheritance due Alexander from his parents' estate.

Harold Colyer
Harold Ray Colyer, 77, of Bronston, Ky., passed away on Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospi- tal.
He was born on January 2, 1938, in Pulaski County Ky., to the late Clara and Grace Glea- son Colyer.
Harold was of the Baptist
faith. He was a Veteran of the
United States Army and en-
joyed farming, small engine repair and spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchil- dren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Clara and Grace Colyer; his companion, Emma Troxtel Stigall; three brothers, Billy Colyer, Boyd Colyer and Glen Colyer and one great-grandson, Jace Morrow.
He is survived by four sons, Jeff (and Rita) Colyer of Somerset, Ky.; Billy (and Susan) Stigall of Somerset, Ky.; Scotty (and Lisa) Stigall of Burnside, Ky., and Michael (and Kim) Stigall of Bronston, Ky.; three daughters, Tammy Denney of Bronston, Ky., Lisa (and Ronnie) Reynolds of Bronston, Ky., and Donna Morrow of Tenn.; two brothers, David Colyer of Monticello, Ky., and Jerome Colyer of Bronston, Ky.; two sisters, Nelda Murphy of Monticello, Ky., and Brenda Murphy of Somerset, Ky. He is also survived by fourteen grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, May 14, 2015, after 6 p.m. in the Chapel of Southern Oaks Funeral Home.
Funeral Services will be held on Friday, May 15, 2015, at 10 a.m. in the Chapel of Southern Oaks Funeral Home with Bro. Perry Dobbs officiating.
Burial will follow in the Liberty Cemetery with the grandsons serving as Pallbearers.
Full Military Honors will be provided by the American Legion Post #38 Honor Guard.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that dona- tions be made to the Harold Colyer Memorial Fund.
Southern Oaks Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Per phone interview 9/6/2013, Harold left Somerset area as youngster and moved to Dayton Ohio and worked until retirement in about 1976. He moved back to Somerset after retirement working in construction business as builder/contractor. Harold said he built the cinder-block Hwy 192 Market in the late 1970's for Bob Ridner, whose mother was postmaster at Ruth Ky on Old Ruth Rd store.

Harold said he also built the brick house next to the store currently owned by Gary Ridner.

Harold said he remembers the original Ruth store that stood about 200 feet away from Pitman creek on the opposide side of the road from where other Ruth stores and 192 Mkt stands.

Harold remembers his Uncld Ad Colyer running the old Ruth Store. He also remembers his Uncle Charlie Colyer who had house on bluff overlooking Pitman Creek about opposite Clay Hill Church.

Harold remembers the old Hwy 192 bridge as a one-lane wood on top of steel structure. He said he had a mule whose leg fell through the wood bridge and broke it's leg.

He remembers "Mosey Warren" living in house at Pitman creek and hwy 192 who always owned a bulldog.

Harold said he had a Uncle Wesley Colyer who was a pastor at Clay Hill Baptist Church.

When interviewing Harold Colyer, he said he never knew his grandfather, Lin, as he had passed away before Harold was born. He did not know his grandfathers full name, only "Lin". Harold did not know if his father had a middle name.

"Fred Bullock's store." I think it was after Lee Anderson sold it that a Mr. Johnson had it for a while. Lee had a cute-as-a button daughter named Lana and they lived in the house that still stands just west of the store. The Johnsons lived in a two-story white frame home on Carroll Street, maybe two doors off East 80 on the right. They had a really pretty blonde daughter named Patricia.Always wondered what became of her. You might notice that pre-teen me paid more attention to the store keeper's daughters than to anything else about the business. I do recall it being a Pure Oil station with two old-fashioned tall pumps. Directly across the street was Colyer's Grocery, operated out of the basement of Harold and Pearl Colyer, our landlords until mom bought the property next door to the Colyer house....which is still there. Maybe 100 feet further west on 80 sat the larger general merchandise store operated by the Lovett brothers...who hailed from Stearns and lived above the store.

"....Things didn't get a whole lot better when we moved some 6 miles away, and for $25 per month, rented a place
from Harold and Pearl, who lived next door in a house that didn't need painting and wasn't in danger of collapsing.
I don?t think they ever had children, but they did, by golly, have a TV that was way bigger than Emma?s.
It?s always been my observation that people who don?t have kids can tolerate having them around only for brief periods of time. And only then if the kids are quiet and keep their feet off the furniture.
They?re also often more obsessed with making money.
That all worked out well for me.
Mom would hand me the rent money, tucked away in an envelope, and watch from the porch to make sure I didn't drop it on my way to make delivery.
Going once a month on a Wednesday, always at 6:50 p.m., was my idea.
That?s when Wagon
Train came on and I could usually count on being invited to stay and watch an entire episode.
Pearl always answered the door, and on those times she hesitated, I opened the envelope just enough for her to smell the twenty and five dollar bills inside.
All good things must come to an end, how- ever.
As my monthly adventure did when Mom bought the place for $2,000.
I knew being under that kind of debt meant never having a TV of our own would be mission impossible.

June Avera thinks that it may have been Luvina who married and moved to California. Never much contact with family. Believes that Luvina had daughter that married mexican who was son of vice president of Mexico. Mentioned that Dean Hunter , research of colyer line, went to Mexico and met her at large house and interviewed her.

Luvenia and her husband moved to Fort Worth, Texas and opened a grocery store. In early 1906 they sent for Ellen's brother Sam Colyer to come to Ft. Worth to work with them at the store. The Wilder's sold the store to Sam Colyer and moved on to California. A week after that their son Raymond died in Kentucky.

LOUDERBACK/COLYER--YUBA COUNTY--MARYSVILLE, November 19 - Although the first couple who applied for a marriage license in Yuba County this week gave their residences as "Dixon, Yolo County," it is pretty well understood that they were an eloping San Francisco couple. The young man, who gave his name as Harold LOUDERBACK and age as 22, is a son of Judge LOUDERBACK, and the lady of his choice is Harriet COLYER, aged 19, with whom he has been smitten some time." Source: Sacramento Saturday Bee, 19 Nov 1904. Transcribed by Betty Loose.

sawmill owner in sunbright tn. and later in
pulaski county. he was a veteran of ww1 and later in life he drew a pension from the v.a. he died in cincinnati in 1966 buried in colyer family cemetary buckcreek boat dock road

Per email from Bethany Noel Smith 06/28/2012:
My grandmother Helen Johns-Colyer was known as 'Nanny' by all of us. She died at 72 of a brain aneurism which lead to a stroke. She was a strikingly beautiful lady. A woman of strong Christian faith and a woman of many talents. Besides her cooking & gardening skills she was best known for her ability to paint landscapes. She was also a florist at one time. Helen's husband Vaughn (my PawPaw) died in 1998 with dementia. The two of them were in love and they adored their times with family.

Herbert Colyer was killed instantly when he fell between two railroad cars on the Southern Railway System's tracks in front of the passenger station at Danville, Ky. According to reports, two cars passed over his body when he slipped and fell about 11:15 a.m.
He had served as a car inspector for the Southern Railroad for 40 years.

Debbie Meece Sears 03/03/2015: I just talked to Peanut's daughter. She said there was a son named Homer that was older than the triplets. He never married, just got back from the war and was killed in a taxi cab accident on 461. He is buried at Clay Hill.

I think it was Ina who rented the Warren/colyer house in Ruth Ky for 20 years, according to Linda Dugger. I recall Linda saying she would come from Cinncinati as a girl in the summer and stay with her "aunt Ina" at the house. I believe it was Ina that accidently shot herself in Leg while hunting as a girl . LE Mounce told the writer at Clay Hill Baptist church on 1/5/2017 that he bought the 410 shotgun from Ina for $7.